ISLAMABAD: After losing the wicket of in-form Rohit Sharma in the first over, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill terrific knows assisted by Shreyas Iyer later drove India to a huge total of 357 in the ICC World Cup match being played at Wankhede Stadium India, on Thursday.
Earlier winning the toss Sri Lanka invited India to bat first on a flat track. Sri Lanka bowlers Madushanka bowled out the in-form Rohit Sharma on the second ball of his first over. However, the number three batter Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill managed to release the pressure and stayed on the crease.
Both completed their half centuries and managed to push the scoreboard to the first hundred runs with an average of 6 runs per over. They contributed 189 runs partnership for the team and took their side to a solid position. However, in the 30th over Madushanka finally managed to get rid of Shubman Gill on 92. His inning included 2 sixes and 11 boundaries. In his next over Madushanka also removed Virat Kohli on 88.
At the stage India were 196 for 3 in 31.3 overs. After Kohli and Gill, the in-form Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul took charge and pushed the scoreboard ahead. They added 50 runs partnership to the total, before KL Rahul got out on 21 in the 40th over. The next was Suryakumar Yadev who was also removed by Madushanka on 12. At the stage India were 276 for 5 in 41.3 overs. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer also completed his half century and helped his side to move the scoreboard ahead the 300-run mark. After completing his half century Iyer expedited his innings with a high run-rate and added some crucial runs for the side. In the 48th over, the leading wicket taker Madushanka strike again and dismissed Iyer on 82. Iyer faced just 56 balls and his quick knock included 6 sixes and 3 fours. In the last 3 overs Jadeja also added some quick runs (35 on 24) to the total to take India to a huge total of 357 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs.
From Sri Lanka Madushanka was the leading wicket taker while grabbing 5 wickets in his 10 over spill. Chameera got one wicket.
Sri Lanka Team:
Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dushan Hemantha, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha and Dilshan Madushanka
India Team:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj
